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Webinar "Renewables Integration & Electricity Sector Flexibility"

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You are cordially invited to a discussion with Nick Carter, Electricity Interconnections and Market Integration Convener of the EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network, Andrea Villa, Head of European Regulation, Enel SpA, and Christian Egenhofer, Associate Senior Research Fellow & Director of Energy Climate House, CEPS and EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network Expert at a webinar on "Renewables Integration and Flexibility in the Electricity Sector",​ which will take place on Tuesday, 26 June 2018, at 10:30 CET. The webonar will be moderated by Milan Elkerbout, Research Fellow Energy and Climate, CEPS

Increasing electrification of the energy system, based on a growing share of renewable electricity, will reinforce the need for flexibility in the electricity sector. The need can be met by making electricity generation more flexible, both on the demand and storage side, and by expanding the grid. The webinar will focus on the flexibility of demand such as demand response including smart-grid solutions.

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Nick Carter is a Director and Senior Advisor with PwC for the Middle East. He is currently undertaking a range of utility projects in a number of GCC countries and lives and works in the UAE. Prior to this he was a Director with Baringa Partners a highly skilled niche energy management consultancy with offices in London, Germany and the UAE.He came to the UAE in 1998 as part of a market reform team for Abu Dhabi acting in an advisory role reporting directly to a member of the Royal Family. In 1999 he was appointed Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Distribution Company – for water and electricity. From 2001 to 2015 he served as Director General of the Regulation and Supervision Bureau (RSB) creating a world-class regulatory body for water, wastewater and power. Prior to his UAE roles Nick held a number of senior executive positions with Southern Electric PLC (now SSE) and London Electricity PLC. In London Electricity he played a pivotal role as Strategy Manager during privatisation in the early 90s and was subsequently appointed General Manager for Networks. Nick is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a member of the UK Engineering Council. Educated at University College London with a BSc in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and at INSEAD and London Business School.Currently he is also a Registered Expert and lecturer for the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) based in Budapest.

Christian Egenhofer is Associate Senior Research Fellow & Director of Energy Climate House at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. He is also Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and Natolin/Warsaw, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at SciencesPo, Paris and Guido Carli LUISS University in Rome. Other university assignments included MBA Programme at the Solvay Business School at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2003-2008) and MGIMO in Moscow (2013-14). From 1997 to 2010, he held a part-time position as Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee in Scotland/UK.
He has published 8 books on climate change, energy and issues on European integration in addition to more than 100 reports, articles and book chapters and is lead author of “Ever Changing Union”, arguably the “shortest textbook on the EU”.

Andrea VillaHead of European Regulation, Enel SpA

Andrea Villa is Head of European Regulation at Enel SpA. He previously worked at Enel’s Italian Regulatory Department in Rome and for the Brattle Group in Madrid. He holds a Master in Competition and Market Regulation awarded by the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. He is a Fellow of the Enel Foundation.

Moderator

Milan ElkerboutResearch Fellow Energy and Climate, CEPS

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